The DISASTER

Chosen You To Take Me Heart
thought you were the one
but it was all pretend
feel betrayed by the one
i could my lover my one
and only

when will the rain end
when will the sorrow stop
wishing i had a sign about you
knowing the truth about you
i feel like you took everything i
had that i can hold on the i can grasp
in me hand to keep me strong but you
took it from me to watch me fall to
watch fail and never get back up

you touched my hand and ask for my
trust again and i walked away from you
i no longer know who you really are
i no longer remember the real you
who are you where did you come from
it's all another round to watch me fall
but not this time because you are my
perfect DISASTER...

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Editor’s Note

The number one question our editors receive is—what do the editors and judges look for when judging the contest? The number one answer we give is creativity. Unlike prose, writing composed in everyday language, poetry is considered a creative art and requires a different type of effort and a certain level of depth. Of the thousands of poems entered in each contest, the ones that catch our judges’ eyes are the ones that remove us, even just slightly, from the scope of everyday life by using language that is interesting, specific, vivid, obscure, compelling, figurative, and so on. Oftentimes, poems are pulled aside for a second look based simply on certain words that intrigued the reader. So first and foremost, be sure your poetry is written using creative language. Take general ideas and make them personal. In his infamous book De/Compositions: 101 Good Poems Gone Wrong, W. D. Snodgrass imparts, “We cannot honestly discuss or represent our lives, any more than our poems, without using ideational language.”